The ESG Reporting Challenge
You have been appointed ESG Reporting Manager at NOVA Industries. Over one working period you will make fifteen decisions that shape how the company reports, what it discloses, and whether anyone believes it. There are no marks for reciting definitions. You are judged on the judgement you show.
NOVA Industries N.V.
Company file- Headquarters
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Listing
- Euronext Amsterdam
- Sector
- Industrial components and building systems
- Revenue
- EUR 2.4 billion
- People
- 9,400 employees
- Footprint
- 14 countries, manufacturing in Poland, Mexico, India and Malaysia
- Subsidiaries
- Sales and distribution entities in the United States and the United Kingdom
- Reporting history
- No sustainability report published. ESG data collected ad hoc for customer questionnaires
- Scenario assumption
- For the purposes of this simulation, assume NOVA falls within the scope of European sustainability reporting requirements and that its first reporting period has begun
NOVA has a capable finance function, a small HSE team, and a procurement organisation that has never been asked for supplier sustainability data. The Board has approved a budget. Nobody has ever done this here before. That is why you were hired.
Scores begin at 50 out of 100. Every decision moves at least one of them. Situations and answer order are drawn fresh each time you play, so a second run will not repeat the first.
The ESG Reporting Challenge v1.5. Educational simulation. Sustainability reporting requirements differ by jurisdiction and change over time. Nothing here is legal or compliance advice, and current obligations should always be verified against the rules in force at the time.
ESG Reporting Challenge simulation
Regulatory requirements evolve. Where this simulation refers to reporting rules, treat them as illustrative of how a professional reasons, and confirm what applies to a real organisation before acting.
Board submission complete
Decision quality
Board verdict
Key strengths
Areas for improvement
Professional feedback
Every run draws a different mix of situations, and the answer options appear in a new order. Play again to work through a different set of decisions.
The ESG Reporting Challenge v1.5. Produced by The ESG Institute as an applied companion to the Certificate in ESG Reporting. Frameworks, standards and legal requirements referenced here change over time and vary by jurisdiction. Always verify current obligations.